One source had told the Mirror: “It would be TV gold to see Farage chomping on kangaroo anus or a turkey testicle in a Bushtucker trial.”

ITV prefer to have a politician in each series of the show, and have in the past enlisted Edwina Currie, who had a four-year affair with John Major, and Neil Hamilton, the former Tory MP caught up in a cash-for-questions scandal.

I'm A Celebrity producers have reportedly been attempting to change the Ukip leader's mind for months - but it seems the rumours are untrue and their efforts were in vain.